PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Amet praesent duo duis soluta gubergren est erat ut ea praesent eleifend magna labore. Gubergren lorem dolor sea nulla no ad clita sed amet in velit sed erat kasd rebum. Nonumy gubergren tincidunt at eos dolore ipsum amet gubergren euismod veniam et sanctus nostrud nostrud ipsum. Dolore et et dolore invidunt at sit lorem voluptua tempor. Diam at blandit vero sit accusam.
Vero at molestie hendrerit amet et odio dolor ipsum nostrud invidunt sit stet dolor duo sadipscing aliquip feugiat ea. Blandit vero est erat erat. Magna labore sanctus sanctus accusam ea sit in gubergren velit option invidunt dolores duis wisi et. Rebum diam ipsum delenit eirmod takimata nibh eirmod ipsum vero. Diam lobortis lorem at kasd sed ut odio. Sadipscing eirmod dolor sit hendrerit ut ex minim labore rebum lorem. Eum facer elitr accusam at autem clita diam lorem ipsum justo aliquyam eum diam. Sed vero sadipscing eros sea sadipscing autem nostrud.
Sample Output H3
Invidunt consetetur dolore at rebum lorem in. Justo placerat rebum duis. Ipsum veniam sed amet dolor tincidunt et et takimata sit ipsum duo eirmod no nonumy elitr sit. Magna sit blandit nonumy invidunt nulla vel ut dolore congue accusam vero vel et ut. Takimata dolor consectetuer. Ipsum ut accusam amet erat no feugait nisl in amet amet. Et voluptua labore kasd dolor imperdiet clita dolore. Nonummy elitr facer justo enim eirmod sanctus dolore. Nobis elitr placerat aliquyam accusam sit aliquyam illum gubergren sadipscing ea stet in. Dolore consequat dolor quis sed at et nonumy ea duo sanctus blandit dolore ea lorem eu ipsum. Diam consetetur clita takimata amet sadipscing labore nonumy aliquyam et amet clita.
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Sample Output H4
Consequat facilisis vero stet elitr molestie vulputate dolor eos sed kasd assum et tempor diam sed minim sed. At aliquam ipsum est elitr in eos dolor ut at id duo gubergren quis kasd qui. Takimata no sadipscing consetetur et eirmod consetetur labore at no dolor justo justo vero ipsum. Dolore sanctus possim dolor et dolore ipsum justo elitr rebum qui. Et est sed consetetur. Duis et tation tempor rebum exerci eos gubergren est gubergren vel id dolore. Sit sanctus dolores erat est sed invidunt option at velit eos dolor duo consequat rebum sed lorem.
Lorem dignissim ipsum magna. Dolor dolor sed. Et elit wisi. Dolore kasd justo vero. Nibh et ipsum ea ut.
Sample Output H4
Eum veniam vulputate nonummy clita vero minim. Vulputate eirmod soluta eos nostrud sit. At lorem amet at voluptua sanctus ipsum dolor sea duo sed nonumy dolor no amet ut invidunt facilisi adipiscing. Sed elitr doming aliquyam sadipscing et aliquyam ipsum rebum sadipscing tempor eu sanctus ea eleifend ipsum. Accumsan et nostrud dolor voluptua amet minim et ut. Euismod sanctus dolore dolores et diam dolore sit et eos delenit invidunt est at veniam. Rebum dolore facilisis dolores autem nonummy vel labore kasd molestie justo sanctus eirmod. Labore feugait dolor est invidunt consequat option diam. Ut at augue molestie autem vero eirmod ea in duo. Ut illum quis iusto ut dolor no delenit nonumy.
At vulputate takimata diam accusam diam lorem eirmod dolores accusam tempor magna accusam eros ut sadipscing labore kasd. Accusam lorem lorem feugait sea dignissim aliquyam dolore et ut. Amet nisl laoreet imperdiet eirmod amet sed sadipscing dolor tincidunt dolores ea. Duo ipsum kasd takimata aliquyam duo no at ipsum magna labore tincidunt odio dolor amet justo elitr zzril iriure. Duis et ea consetetur. Tempor eos et vero feugait labore lorem amet ipsum diam gubergren suscipit eos dolor est.
Sample Output H3
Dolor sed hendrerit justo duis aliquip iriure eos consetetur at. Doming justo ipsum enim duo eu invidunt dolor consetetur sit amet autem erat in soluta. Sed sit ex clita vulputate. Et eos sea. Vero zzril accusam nonumy et et sadipscing sed eos stet elitr quis placerat nulla dolores sed.
Ipsum consetetur ad diam gubergren vel nonumy sed dolore clita. Praesent takimata at sadipscing aliquyam elitr accusam diam aliquam. Iriure ut ea eirmod dolor clita nulla iusto sit sit. Dolor lorem accusam magna facilisi ipsum ipsum tincidunt lorem elitr nulla erat lorem sanctus facilisi. Duo tation amet amet sed consetetur ea sea assum lorem iusto aliquyam sit ullamcorper ipsum facilisis.
Sample Output H4
Magna molestie est erat vero consetetur amet iriure magna takimata tempor sadipscing et. Dolor facilisis imperdiet kasd facilisis amet et dolor ut. Vero in euismod ut sed no et stet magna dolore lorem lorem sit nonumy vulputate sanctus enim rebum possim. Et amet luptatum at at diam stet dolor et. Et wisi ea hendrerit dolore congue vulputate ea justo ipsum tempor eos stet ut clita consetetur labore. Iriure sed est hendrerit eos ipsum sed amet elitr sit consetetur qui. Ut magna dolores sed dignissim nonumy ex tempor eirmod justo ea dolor sed esse ipsum. Amet eum dolor eos magna clita eum in sea et dolores sit ut ut. Accusam labore dolor nonumy vero sit voluptua hendrerit est congue dignissim tempor laoreet est dolore sea nonumy sadipscing duo. Ut veniam nihil nulla diam. Vero accusam labore et dolores sit sit.
Kasd nonumy sadipscing est dolore justo est iriure eum ipsum luptatum. Eirmod tempor rebum. Sea dolores eos lorem et. Minim nonumy nonumy accumsan est nibh et nonummy. Diam ipsum dolor ipsum duo ut facilisi et. Commodo et lorem suscipit.
Sample Output H4
Duo sed accusam amet gubergren ut. Dolor invidunt est iriure ipsum ea duis rebum duis gubergren clita dolor. Sit gubergren odio amet invidunt clita dolor amet autem et nobis takimata et. Invidunt voluptua liber dolore volutpat sit no stet kasd lorem elitr eleifend elitr eirmod rebum est. Et lorem sea sit no. Iriure ea accumsan et consectetuer aliquip et nonumy esse accusam sea justo esse diam consetetur diam. Possim erat lorem aliquam ipsum.
Stet aliquyam vero ut sed ipsum et suscipit magna labore gubergren duo clita sit amet consequat erat dolore. Aliquyam ut lorem diam ipsum amet ea ut. Tempor dolor assum hendrerit euismod minim lorem. Sed sea clita consectetuer dolore erat sea ipsum aliquyam voluptua. Esse erat ipsum tempor voluptua duo eos no stet lorem stet liber clita blandit ut lorem dolore. Dolore tation kasd ipsum hendrerit iusto et duis dolor lorem dolor elitr. Et eros dolor illum veniam sed placerat dolore elitr dignissim nisl in. Elit labore amet et sit rebum. Sanctus nostrud vulputate dolore eirmod velit et dolores sed eirmod at.
More Sample Output H2
Ea sit amet. Labore accumsan dolor erat lorem consetetur dolor in eros sed nonumy magna ipsum justo dolor et est sit. Vero justo rebum voluptua wisi tincidunt et no amet. Erat dolores esse nulla vulputate ipsum vero luptatum euismod ut wisi consectetuer vero clita tation invidunt ut. Magna suscipit accusam sit no at nam sed esse sed sit eos hendrerit ut takimata. Sea sed clita eos sea et sed ut erat praesent et nam. Soluta lorem nibh nonumy accusam. Est diam et lorem rebum et autem.
Amet ipsum rebum sed sadipscing diam dolor diam sit nonummy. Amet iriure dolor aliquip diam lobortis lorem sit tempor sit nisl labore justo sed dignissim ea vero voluptua. Soluta consetetur ullamcorper diam ut diam cum voluptua at justo stet feugait amet feugait lorem ut nostrud aliquyam. Dolor tincidunt et molestie elitr stet at justo quis facilisis elitr gubergren zzril dignissim. Sed dolore qui facilisis nulla sadipscing sed dolore voluptua sed eos liber. No et velit kasd erat gubergren ut stet diam sanctus dolor. Veniam sea diam aliquyam. Sea kasd nonumy luptatum zzril labore dolore labore diam lobortis rebum. Dolore quis ut sea dolores euismod tempor amet dolor ullamcorper accusam consectetuer.
Sample Output H3
Est dolor soluta consetetur ut tempor dolor amet ipsum diam luptatum kasd. Lorem sanctus sed kasd invidunt facer et. Magna et et nihil rebum feugiat sed no accusam autem justo praesent sit et duis ea duis et. Sed ipsum sed consetetur sea aliquyam sit erat amet justo sed wisi amet et dolores suscipit ut. Ea et et invidunt gubergren dolore rebum sed amet eros.
Imperdiet et lorem dolor sanctus labore vero eirmod velit sadipscing stet tempor kasd diam sit erat. Consectetuer duo nulla delenit stet magna ea assum molestie takimata no rebum et amet sadipscing ad esse. Est exerci eu no labore vel dolor stet eos sea. No accusam consequat molestie sit diam vero no eum dolore magna vero no et voluptua elit. Est ipsum ipsum vero nostrud elit et diam amet vero ut sea volutpat amet no lorem. At invidunt iusto ipsum et dolores aliquam suscipit sed takimata feugiat labore eos nonumy.
Sample Output H4
Accusam sea at est. Rebum suscipit clita ipsum velit amet diam sit erat consequat minim enim euismod at. Kasd gubergren et magna ipsum tempor volutpat hendrerit consetetur ea. Sit clita sanctus eum sadipscing et sit sanctus et nulla dolore. Consetetur dolores erat tempor clita iriure amet velit et vel eu diam clita invidunt sadipscing dignissim. Tincidunt facilisis dolores labore. Dolor kasd iriure aliquip at autem magna magna sadipscing consetetur erat euismod sed rebum eos et. Ea consetetur consetetur sanctus diam nulla. Illum sea nonumy ea dolor ipsum dolor id labore elitr accusam blandit vero erat.
Et sit diam tempor at dolor takimata aliquyam vel voluptua justo eu eos et. Sed ea rebum dolores labore sea praesent vero et sadipscing eos dolor tempor sadipscing vero gubergren stet labore. Volutpat consetetur amet feugait no gubergren amet no ipsum. Ut placerat et. Iriure erat ipsum sed minim sit feugiat takimata diam duo amet dolores facilisi accusam. Ut dolores at. Ad tempor molestie sed in sanctus blandit eirmod ipsum ea nisl ipsum stet magna. Et rebum et duis amet dolore amet veniam ipsum dolore duis ullamcorper feugait aliquyam. Rebum lorem erat. Sea vero no eirmod clita et consetetur molestie sed sed tempor ex takimata dolor sed erat.
Sample Output H4
Esse tincidunt aliquyam rebum sed et gubergren sed eum no ut at invidunt autem. Elitr duis sed gubergren te sea tincidunt takimata duis esse nonumy dolores amet takimata sed justo sit. At eirmod lorem et duis et. Erat et voluptua ut ut tempor est vero elitr luptatum ipsum stet adipiscing nulla nonumy takimata. Dolor eros nobis dolores sadipscing labore duo diam aliquip at gubergren. Diam at lorem clita sea consectetuer invidunt ut accusam feugiat labore labore dolor no sed. Nonumy in est minim nulla lorem congue sit eirmod elitr. Tempor elitr amet commodo aliquyam consetetur clita est in lorem duo vero ipsum elitr invidunt dolor. Ut enim vero ut sadipscing sadipscing sit rebum et no autem et amet ipsum clita elit dolor duis. Voluptua voluptua aliquam nonumy eu lorem labore invidunt nisl ea sea vero at sanctus dolor.
Justo labore sed ipsum consetetur esse gubergren delenit dolore. Rebum et aliquyam vulputate illum in erat et kasd est in et magna feugiat justo stet ipsum clita sea. Diam lorem nonumy dolore lorem stet in sit dolore eos sit at duo et. Justo sit takimata takimata autem rebum cum voluptua est et consetetur cum amet nulla zzril velit ipsum facilisi sed. No et sea. Accusam ipsum commodo nonumy no ut soluta takimata ipsum sea amet clita. Et sed erat iriure facilisis labore gubergren. Sed vulputate ad sit nobis ipsum ut tempor nonumy facilisis invidunt consetetur lorem ipsum autem. Rebum dolores duis diam tempor odio kasd erat sit. At ipsum stet magna.
Sample Output H3
Eu lorem kasd elit labore nonumy nibh dolor sit autem no sed rebum dolor. Eirmod dolore sit sed. Sanctus et invidunt lobortis aliquyam ipsum congue volutpat vero. Magna vulputate lorem molestie minim nonummy at rebum exerci voluptua nulla blandit tempor ullamcorper clita eu rebum. Sea esse et facilisis. Labore voluptua te duo lorem sit dolore nulla sanctus ut sit dolores diam erat sed takimata. Clita dolores velit ipsum nonumy esse justo vel kasd zzril eirmod vel quis justo iusto ut.
Kasd dolores quis est eu. Esse blandit ipsum at diam in qui tempor exerci erat. Commodo sanctus eos consetetur sanctus sed. Elitr vel sadipscing kasd sed clita vero diam amet rebum amet dolor amet. Lorem consetetur dolores lorem facer duis exerci aliquyam clita. Invidunt lorem id sadipscing erat labore accusam eos voluptua ut clita clita diam ut euismod clita et facilisis. Lorem ullamcorper accusam magna labore amet eum sanctus ullamcorper et stet magna aliquam et. At clita et ea dolores takimata elitr voluptua delenit takimata ipsum dolor sed sanctus sed dolor rebum. Sadipscing takimata delenit ea cum gubergren rebum duo dolore magna lobortis vel diam magna nonumy kasd congue rebum tempor. Nulla in congue facilisis accumsan takimata et erat dignissim diam sit eos amet lorem nibh luptatum.
Sample Output H4
No labore sit adipiscing et amet tempor et magna nulla ut feugiat delenit duis facilisi stet dolor. Vero labore voluptua nihil diam kasd vel eirmod labore vel dolore. Consetetur ut eu eirmod eirmod erat lorem vero facilisis ea voluptua. At aliquyam et nonumy rebum magna lorem tempor diam sanctus eos. Labore magna sadipscing no tempor ullamcorper elit consequat illum et. Consetetur et amet amet accusam dolor praesent gubergren at eros. Et kasd sed eum sed justo clita. Sit nonumy sit accusam lorem sea tincidunt diam nisl sed eos.
Consequat et at sanctus dolor et nonumy. Gubergren aliquyam ipsum ut amet sea et duo dolor ea kasd sit ut eirmod vulputate sadipscing stet sed. Kasd takimata gubergren lorem dolor dolor amet amet erat kasd consequat eirmod et diam sanctus at nulla lorem. Lorem et feugait iusto diam at eum takimata consequat consectetuer voluptua dolore in kasd et dolores et lorem elitr. Et est takimata velit invidunt elitr consetetur sed gubergren dolor dolor eos diam diam. Dolor ea ut et vero takimata rebum.
Sample Output H4
Justo et sea sed dolores vero justo euismod illum nulla dolor dolore tempor et invidunt consequat luptatum. Dolor feugiat consectetuer vero sadipscing praesent vero stet duo. Et et nonumy sit. Dolor tempor dolore gubergren dolores iriure diam. Accusam diam et at est amet diam et erat sit. Dolores lorem vulputate at facer elitr ipsum et et voluptua accumsan aliquam. Labore sea at labore eirmod in duis eos dolor ut erat. Autem vero ipsum sit consequat consectetuer lobortis et amet lorem voluptua consequat erat magna sed ea feugait delenit accusam.
Stet vero diam accusam eos sit sadipscing enim option et rebum no amet amet amet dolore ipsum. Sadipscing nonumy option blandit erat et sed est sit dolor amet eos ea stet stet duo eu blandit. Nulla aliquyam illum exerci vero invidunt feugiat kasd. Blandit tempor eros dolore takimata eum kasd kasd feugiat amet consetetur lorem aliquyam. Illum enim nulla dolor no dolor nonumy nonummy illum aliquyam clita aliquam ea aliquyam duis voluptua volutpat lorem est. Lorem rebum odio ea elitr ipsum magna accusam voluptua vulputate. At vel rebum augue dolor feugait dolores.